Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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Portugal will be present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow
, Russia
. Portugal's entrant was chosen through the Festival da Canção 2009, held on 28 February 2009 by the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
(RTP). The winner of the contest was Flor-de-Lis
with "Todas as ruas do amor
", gaining maximum marks from the jury, as well as coming second in the televote.
in Lisbon
. First details on Festival da Canção 2009 were released in October 2008.
In a change from Festival de Canção 2008
, RTP dropped the use of invited producers in the contest and held an open call for songs to anyone wishing to take part.
The finalised rules for the 2009 edition of Festival da Canção were released on 2 December.
The open call for songs was held by RTP for the contest, with the deadline for entries set at 12 January. Only Portuguese composers were allowed to submit songs, and all songs must be performed in Portuguese
. Over one week, starting on 14 January, an expert jury selected by RTP, including the head of delegation José Poiares and the musicians Tozé Brito, Fernando Martins and Ramón Galarza, selected the best 24 songs out of the 393 submitted, which were revealed by José Fragoso, the broadcaster CEO, and the Festival da Canção 2009 hostess Sílvia Alberto at a press conference held by RTP on January 19 at 3.30PM GMT. From 19 to 30 January people from around the world can vote for their favourite songs on the competing 24 songs over the internet, with the top 12 songs qualifying for the final of Festival da Canção 2009 on 28 February. The voting during the final will be a mixture of televoting (50%) and jury voting (50%), with votes being awarded from each region of Portugal.
on the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
), Filipa Ruas (former Operação Triunfo contestant), Filipa Sousa (former Operação Triunfo contestant), Hugo Biqueira, Kássio, Leandro, Nuno Paiva, Nuno Durão & Ariana, Sofia & Fred, Sónia Santos, Tânia Gonçalves & Cheng, and Wanda Stuart. The final list of the 24 competing artists was revealed on 19 January.
On 24 January, 5 days after voting began, RTP deleted more than 20,000 votes deemed to be fraudulent. RTP's head of delegation, José Poiares, confirmed that "the broadcaster reserves the right to remove votes when these are shown to be fraudulent" and that such a process "will be continued until the final voting day". More fraudulent votes were removed during the same day, as well as rumours that certain songs may be disqualified due to being publicly heard before October 2008. Pedro Daniel’s song, "Sem ti não quero acordar", was revealed to have been performed at the Lagoa song festival in 2006, as well as having been used in a television commercial in September 2006. Pedro Duvalle may also be disqualified due to his song, "Sinto sentido", due to a video on YouTube having been dug up of him performing the song, with no specific date known, however some fans are reposting that the concert was held on 17 June 2008, in Viseu
, however this information has yet to be confirmed. RTP has announced that they will study the originality of the two songs, but will only disclose their findings if either of the two songs is in the top 12 at the end of the voting on 30 January.
On 28 January, Miguel Cervini withdrew his song "Não está" from the competition after he disagreed with over 4000 votes being removed from his song that RTP deemed to be fraudulent. The online voting ended on 30 January, with 117,639 valid votes being made over the 11-day period. Luciana Abreu
won the voting, gaining 11,193 votes. From the 12 qualifying songs, one of the two possible disqualified songs qualified, Pedro Duvalle's song "Sinto sentido", which came 11th in the voting. RTP disqualified the song from the competition, having been performed prior to 1 October 2008, breaking Eurovision rules. He was replaced in the final by Nuno Norte with "Lua sem luar", who came 13th in the voting.
The winner of the contest was decided through televoting and jury voting. 20 regional juries gave points to their ten favourite songs, in Eurovision style. This was converted into Eurovision style points, and joined by televoting in the same system. The winner was Flor-de-Lis
with "Todas as ruas do amor
". Flor-de-Lis received the maximum 12 points from the juries, and came second in the televote. Favourite in the televoting, online voting winner Luciana Abreu
, received only 4 points from the juries.
, Portugal had to qualify from the semi-finals again in 2009 as it was not one of the "Big Four" or the host of the 2009 contest. Portugal competed in the first semi-final on 12 May 2009, performing 16th in the running order, following Finland
and preceding Malta
and won a place in the final where it finished 15th.
It has been announced by RTP that the commentator for the semi-finals and final will be singer and TV host Hélder Reis
, while the announcer of the Portuguese votes during the final was supposed to be Sérgio Mateus (actor), who also acted as green room commentator during Festival da Canção. In the end, Helena Coelho announced the Portugueses votes.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Portugal's entrant was chosen through the Festival da Canção 2009, held on 28 February 2009 by the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....
(RTP). The winner of the contest was Flor-de-Lis
Flor-de-Lis
Flor-de-Lis is a Portuguese folk music group which represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, following their victory in the 45th edition of Festival da Canção, with the song "Todas as ruas do amor"...
with "Todas as ruas do amor
Todas as ruas do amor
"Todas as ruas do amor" is a song by Portuguese band Flor-de-Lis, and was the Portuguese entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The song was composed by Paulo Pereira and Pedro Marques....
", gaining maximum marks from the jury, as well as coming second in the televote.
Festival da Canção 2009
The final of Festival da Canção 2009 was broadcast live on 28 February 2009 from Teatro CamõesTeatro Camões
Teatro Camões is a concert hall in Lisbon, Portugal which opened in 1998 for the International World Exhibition Expo 98. It began being used by the Lisbon Symphony Orchestra, and is currently stage of the Portuguese National Ballet Company....
in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. First details on Festival da Canção 2009 were released in October 2008.
In a change from Festival de Canção 2008
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 by Vânia Fernandes with the song "Senhora do mar ", being the forty-second Portuguese appearance at the yearly contest....
, RTP dropped the use of invited producers in the contest and held an open call for songs to anyone wishing to take part.
The finalised rules for the 2009 edition of Festival da Canção were released on 2 December.
The open call for songs was held by RTP for the contest, with the deadline for entries set at 12 January. Only Portuguese composers were allowed to submit songs, and all songs must be performed in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
. Over one week, starting on 14 January, an expert jury selected by RTP, including the head of delegation José Poiares and the musicians Tozé Brito, Fernando Martins and Ramón Galarza, selected the best 24 songs out of the 393 submitted, which were revealed by José Fragoso, the broadcaster CEO, and the Festival da Canção 2009 hostess Sílvia Alberto at a press conference held by RTP on January 19 at 3.30PM GMT. From 19 to 30 January people from around the world can vote for their favourite songs on the competing 24 songs over the internet, with the top 12 songs qualifying for the final of Festival da Canção 2009 on 28 February. The voting during the final will be a mixture of televoting (50%) and jury voting (50%), with votes being awarded from each region of Portugal.
Online selection
Among the artists who have submitted songs but have not been chosen for the online voting stage were Bruno Henriques, Catarina Ferreira, Cláudia Madeira (former Operação Triunfo contestant), Evelyne Filipe (former Operação Triunfo contestant and backing singer for Vânia FernandesVânia Fernandes
Vânia Fernandes is a Portuguese singer from Funchal, Madeira .Known for her powerful stage presence, as well as her prominent and versatile voice, Fernandes has participated in several singing contests and performed in public in both her home island of Madeira and on the mainland of Portugal since...
on the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
), Filipa Ruas (former Operação Triunfo contestant), Filipa Sousa (former Operação Triunfo contestant), Hugo Biqueira, Kássio, Leandro, Nuno Paiva, Nuno Durão & Ariana, Sofia & Fred, Sónia Santos, Tânia Gonçalves & Cheng, and Wanda Stuart. The final list of the 24 competing artists was revealed on 19 January.
On 24 January, 5 days after voting began, RTP deleted more than 20,000 votes deemed to be fraudulent. RTP's head of delegation, José Poiares, confirmed that "the broadcaster reserves the right to remove votes when these are shown to be fraudulent" and that such a process "will be continued until the final voting day". More fraudulent votes were removed during the same day, as well as rumours that certain songs may be disqualified due to being publicly heard before October 2008. Pedro Daniel’s song, "Sem ti não quero acordar", was revealed to have been performed at the Lagoa song festival in 2006, as well as having been used in a television commercial in September 2006. Pedro Duvalle may also be disqualified due to his song, "Sinto sentido", due to a video on YouTube having been dug up of him performing the song, with no specific date known, however some fans are reposting that the concert was held on 17 June 2008, in Viseu
Viseu
Viseu is both a city and a municipality in the Dão-Lafões Subregion of Centro Region, Portugal. The municipality, with an area of 507.1 km², has a population of 99,593 , and the city proper has 47,250...
, however this information has yet to be confirmed. RTP has announced that they will study the originality of the two songs, but will only disclose their findings if either of the two songs is in the top 12 at the end of the voting on 30 January.
On 28 January, Miguel Cervini withdrew his song "Não está" from the competition after he disagreed with over 4000 votes being removed from his song that RTP deemed to be fraudulent. The online voting ended on 30 January, with 117,639 valid votes being made over the 11-day period. Luciana Abreu
Luciana Abreu
Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her personage in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.-Early...
won the voting, gaining 11,193 votes. From the 12 qualifying songs, one of the two possible disqualified songs qualified, Pedro Duvalle's song "Sinto sentido", which came 11th in the voting. RTP disqualified the song from the competition, having been performed prior to 1 October 2008, breaking Eurovision rules. He was replaced in the final by Nuno Norte with "Lua sem luar", who came 13th in the voting.
| Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her personage in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.-Early... |
"Juntos vamos conseguir (Yes We Can)" | Carlos Coincas (m & l), Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her personage in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.-Early... (l) |
11193 | 1 |
| Nuno & Fábia | "Não demores (quero-te aquecer)" | Pedro Vaz (m & l) | 10420 | 2 |
| Eva Danin | "Amor mais forte que o vento" | Rui Videira (m & l) | 10015 | 3 |
| André Rodrigues | "Não vou voltar a mim" | André Rodrigues (m & l) | 8869 | 4 |
| Filipa Batista | "O teu lugar" | Augusto Madureira (m & l) | 7911 | 5 |
| Romana | "Acordem olhos doirados" | Romana (m & l), Rodrigo Serrão (m & l) | 7087 | 6 |
| Flor-de-Lis Flor-de-Lis Flor-de-Lis is a Portuguese folk music group which represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, following their victory in the 45th edition of Festival da Canção, with the song "Todas as ruas do amor"... |
"Todas as ruas do amor" | Pedro Marques (m & l), Paulo Pereira (l) | 7024 | 7 |
| Nucha | "Tudo está na tua mão" | Ivan Prim (m), Nucha (l) | 7000 | 8 |
| Francisco Andrade | "Voar é ver" | Carlos Massa (m & l), Fernando Abrantes (l) | 6782 | 9 |
| Fernando Pereira | "É o amor" | Lucas Jr. (m), Fernando Pereira (l) | 6321 | 10 |
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| Tayti | "Amore mio, amore mio" | José Félix (m & l) | 5705 | 12 |
| Nuno Norte | "Lua sem luar" | Paulo Abreu de Lima (m & l) | 5527 | 13 |
| Angie | "Sonhar sem limites" | Guido Craveiro (m), Sérgio Oliveira (l) | 3073 | 14 |
| Pedro Daniel | "Sem ti não quero acordar" | Jorge do Carmo (m), Nikita (l) | 2774 | 15 |
| Infantes de Sagres | "O beijo de quando te vais embora" | Miguel Castro (m & l) | 2634 | 16 |
| Sérgio Lucas | "Procuro-me em mim" | António Loureiro (m), Sérgio Lucas (l) | 2108 | 17 |
| Jackpot | "Há sempre um mas" | Jackpot (m & l) | 1926 | 18 |
| Flávio | "Jura que ainda me amas" | Jorge do Carmo (m), Tó Andrade (l) | 1856 | 19 |
| Daniel Costa | "Mais uma vez (este mar salgado)" | Daniel Costa (m & l) | 1335 | 20 |
| Lyana | "Vivo para a paz (Peace)" | Lyana (m & l) | 1061 | 21 |
| Ana Sofia | "O meu planeta especial" | Tó Sanches (m & l) | 809 | 22 |
| Armando Gama Armando Gama Armando António Capelo Diniz da Gama is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and baritone opera singer, whose physical trademark for decades has been his shoulder-length jet black hair.... |
"Amor mais-que-perfeito" | Armando Gama Armando Gama Armando António Capelo Diniz da Gama is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and baritone opera singer, whose physical trademark for decades has been his shoulder-length jet black hair.... (m & l) |
336 | 23 |
| Miguel Cervini | "Não está" | Miguel Cervini (m & l) | Withdrawn | |
Final
The final of Festival da Canção was held on 28 February 2009, and featured the 12 qualifying artists from the online voting held in January.The winner of the contest was decided through televoting and jury voting. 20 regional juries gave points to their ten favourite songs, in Eurovision style. This was converted into Eurovision style points, and joined by televoting in the same system. The winner was Flor-de-Lis
Flor-de-Lis
Flor-de-Lis is a Portuguese folk music group which represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, following their victory in the 45th edition of Festival da Canção, with the song "Todas as ruas do amor"...
with "Todas as ruas do amor
Todas as ruas do amor
"Todas as ruas do amor" is a song by Portuguese band Flor-de-Lis, and was the Portuguese entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The song was composed by Paulo Pereira and Pedro Marques....
". Flor-de-Lis received the maximum 12 points from the juries, and came second in the televote. Favourite in the televoting, online voting winner Luciana Abreu
Luciana Abreu
Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her personage in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.-Early...
, received only 4 points from the juries.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nucha | "Tudo está na tua mão" | Ivan Prim (m), Nucha (l) | 78 | 3 | 2% | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Romana | "Acordem olhos doirados" | Romana (m & l), Rodrigo Serrão (m & l) | 124 | 6 | 3% | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Filipa Batista | "O teu lugar" | Augusto Madureira (m & l) | 130 | 7 | 6% | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 4 | André Rodrigues | "Não vou voltar a mim" | André Rodrigues (m & l) | 31 | 1 | 2% | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her personage in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.-Early... |
"Juntos vamos conseguir (Yes We Can)" | Carlos Coincas (m & l), Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her personage in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.-Early... (l) |
107 | 4 | 28% | 12 | 16 | 3 |
| 6 | Nuno Norte | "Lua sem luar" | Paulo Abreu de Lima (m & l) | 143 | 8 | 5% | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 7 | Tayti | "Amore mio, amore mio" | José Félix (m & l) | 21 | 0 | 4% | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Fernando Pereira | "É o amor" | Lucas Jr. (m & l), Fernando Pereira (m & l) | 15 | 0 | 2% | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Eva Danin | "Amar mais forte que o vento" | Rui Videira (m & l) | 109 | 5 | 7% | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 10 | Francisco Andrade | "Voar é ver" | Carlos Massa (m & l), Fernando Abrantes (l) | 145 | 10 | 9% | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| 11 | Flor-de-Lis Flor-de-Lis Flor-de-Lis is a Portuguese folk music group which represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, following their victory in the 45th edition of Festival da Canção, with the song "Todas as ruas do amor"... |
"Todas as ruas do amor" | Pedro Marques (m & l), Paulo Pereira (l) | 217 | 12 | 25% | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 12 | Nuno & Fábia | "Não demores (quero-te aquecer)" | Pedro Vaz (m & l) | 40 | 2 | 7% | 6 | 8 | 8 |
At Eurovision
Despite qualifying from the semi-finals for the first time in the 2008 contestEurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
, Portugal had to qualify from the semi-finals again in 2009 as it was not one of the "Big Four" or the host of the 2009 contest. Portugal competed in the first semi-final on 12 May 2009, performing 16th in the running order, following Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and preceding Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
and won a place in the final where it finished 15th.
It has been announced by RTP that the commentator for the semi-finals and final will be singer and TV host Hélder Reis
Hélder Reis
Hélder Reis is a Portuguese fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, while the announcer of the Portuguese votes during the final was supposed to be Sérgio Mateus (actor), who also acted as green room commentator during Festival da Canção. In the end, Helena Coelho announced the Portugueses votes.